Predicting the winners of the Tire Rack Solo National Championships – SCCA’s winner-take-all annual autocross shootout at
Lincoln Airpark every September – is
always a challenge. Even with a
collection of ProSolos and Solo
Championship Tour events throughout
the year giving us clues about who is
either continuing to be fast, who has
learned something new since last year,
or who has picked the right new ride
and done the right things to make
it fast; there are a lot of variables
that affect the outcome of four days
of competition in Lincoln Nebraska
come Sept. 3-6. So, let’s review why
everything you’re about to read on the
coming pages is probably incorrect.

One massive variable we can’t
account for in our predictions is the
weather – although we do make notes
here and there in our Who Will Win
selections to hedge our bets. You see,
rain affects all, but often not equally.

And, while weather affects the Solo
National Championships, it also affects
ProSolos, Championship Tours, and
Match Tours throughout the year – and
this season certainly saw its fair
share of rain. In fact, just about every

2019 ProSolo and ChampionshipTour had rain befall it, which meansthat the drivers who came out onthe bottom at some events mayhave simply done so due to poorcar number choice. Or vice-versa.

On top of that, course design at
the Solo Nationals can also make
things lean one way or another,
sometimes favoring one type of
car or a certain kind of driver.

But of all of the excuses we’ve
offered so far as to why our selections
may fall short of reality, this one may
be the best: All of our Who Will Win
the Solo National Championships

choices are conjecture and are,
perhaps, the result of a shared
delusion amongst our prognosticators.

Then add in a new tire choice for
the street tire classes that looks fast
enough to make a difference, and
the chips keep piling up against us
predicting any class accurately.

Finally, as we see every year, there
are a number of drivers who won’t
commit to a car or class until closer
to the event. That includes Tom
O’Gorman who, rumor has it, might
have narrowed his choices down to
three classes as of press time. If we
knew where people like him were
going to run, we’d probably pick
them. But we can’t, so we don’t.

So read on, but keep in mind: The
predictions you are about to read are
made purely for fun. Also consider
this: Come Sept. 3-6, 2019, in Lincoln,
Neb., the fun will get very serious.

SportsCar’s prognosticators take shots in the dark in a futile attempt topredict who will win the 2019 Tire Rack Solo National Championships